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Delonte West tallied 21 points and Shawn Marion scored 17 to go with 14
rebounds for the Mavericks, who have won three in a row and sit in sixth in
the Western Conference. They are 1 1/2 games ahead of Houston and Denver
and one back of fifth-place Memphis.

"I liked a lot of the things we did," Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle said.
"I liked our intensity and our effort the majority of the night, but we made
so many judgement errors that we can't make going forward."

Nicolas Batum scored 20 and Jamal Crawford had 18 for the Trail Blazers, who
nearly rallied from a 24-point deficit, only to lose for the third time in
four games.

Jason Terry's three-pointer boosted the Mavericks to a seemingly comfortable
93-77 lead with 4:11 remaining, but mistakes by Dallas helped the Blazers
rally.

A three-point play from J.J. Hickson had Portland within 93-89 with 1:18 to
go, and the hosts had a chance to get even closer when Nowitzki was whistled
for an offensive foul. Raymond Felton made a poor pass at the other end of the
court, resulting in a turnover, and that depleted much of the time left.

Even though Nowitzki missed a jumper, Felton turned it over again and Nowitzki
sealed the outcome at the foul line.

"We came up short, but we [didn't] give up so that's a good thing to come out
of this game," Batum said.

Portland went 6-of-24 from the field in the opening quarter and trailed 30-16
after 12 minutes. The Blazers gave up the game's first nine points and never
recovered.

The Mavs led 56-41 at the half and were up as many as 24 at 79-55 late in the
third.

Game Notes

The Mavs were in the Pacific Northwest for the first time since Game 6 of last
season's Western Conference quarterfinals when Nowitzki had 33 points as
Dallas eliminated the Trail Blazers with a 103-96 win...Hickson had 13 points
and 10 boards.